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… is said to have brought the kūmara, taro, hue and uwhi. Ngāti Whātua believe that Kui, a wife of the ancestor …
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Part of story: Ngā tupu mai i Hawaiki – plants from Polynesia
… also be suitably light and strong. Tuta Nihoniho, of the Ngāti Porou tribe, noted that paddles could also be made of …
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Part of story: Waka – canoes
… a Ruataupare and Te Whānau a Umuariki are both hapū of Ngāti Porou; Te Whānau-a-Apanui is a tribe. At this level …
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Part of story: Whānau – Māori and family
… he deserted in June 1865. He fell into the hands of Ngāti Ruanui leader Tito Hanataua, who kept him as a servant … by Tito at the village of Otapawa; forcibly married to a Ngāti Ruanui woman, Te Rawanga, whose ugliness did not … Te Ngutu-o-te-manu was the chief stronghold of Ngāti Ruanui and Ngā Rauru forces. Bent's military service …
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… Hinerua Rīwai of Rāpaki, who had a Ngāi Tahu father and Ngāti Mutunga mother. Until the age of eight he lived in … school sweetheart, Peti (Bessie) Tangihaere Carter of Ngāti Kahungunu and Ngāti Raukawa. They married at Masterton on 15 July 1947 and …
Type: Biography
… his wife, Te Paia (Sophia) Tahupōtiki, of Ngā Ruahine and Ngāti Manuhiakai, hapu of Ngāti Ruanui ; her ancestors had also intermarried with Nga …
Type: Biography
… he was closely involved with the political affairs of Ngāti Porou and Māori people in general, and was devoted to … were spent in the Waiapu Valley during a period of great Ngāti Porou land development. He was educated at … central importance of the Anglican faith and patriotism in Ngāti Porou affairs. Arihia died of dysentery in April 1929, …
Type: Biography
… preserved in a notebook written by Karaitiana Te Korou of Ngāti Kahungunu. It comprises two chapters, the second of … Rau , were instructed by Te Ua to go to Hirini Te Kani of Ngāti Porou, at Tūranga (Gisborne). Disregarding Te Ua's … The death of Völkner was considered by pro-government Ngāti Porou as the event which brought war to the East …
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… as Te Atairangikaahu, was the eldest child of Korokī, of Ngāti Mahuta and Ngāti Korokī, and Te Atairangikaahu, of Ngāti Apakura and Ngāti Maniapoto. She was born at Waahi Pā …
Type: Biography
… 1856. Her father was Mīkaera Tūrangi of Ngāi Tāwhiri and Ngāti Maru hapū of Rongowhakaata; he was the son of the … about 1880 Hēni Materoa met James Carroll (Timi Kara) of Ngāti Kahungunu, who was a frequent visitor to the Gisborne …
Type: Biography
… Whanganui rower Paparangi Hipango and Nikki-Lee Crawford (Ngāti Ruanui and Ngāti Apa). …
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Part of story: Rowing
… Bay: 0.4% New Zealand: 1.2% Principal tribes and sub-tribes Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne, Ngāti Rongomaiwahine Population of major urban areas, 2013 …
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Part of story: Hawke’s Bay region
… took reprisals which included kidnapping Ranginui, a Ngāti Kahu rangatira. This incident has marred his … as Ngāpuhi tribal groups were gradually displacing the Ngāti Pou inhabitants. The French presence destabilised the …
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Part of story: European discovery of New Zealand
… group to visit the East Coast to obtain records of his Ngati Porou people. In March 1923 they set out for Ngata's … were in danger of being lost, and to encourage Maori of Ngati Tuwharetoa to produce crafts for sale locally and …
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… cordon. Not even the fortuitous rout of a newly arrived Ngāti Haua contingent at Māhoetahi on 6 November … have killed civilians were ever handed over. Taranaki and Ngāti Ruanui even seized the Tātaraimaka block in lieu of …
Type: Biography
… mother, Whakatiki Te Momo (Te Moumou), was from Tūhoe and Ngāti Hingana (Ngāti Hinganga) of inland Wairoa. Ēria (Elijah) was born …
Type: Biography
… the Pūniu River into Te Nehenehenui, the lands of their Ngāti Maniapoto relatives. Land confiscation Tāwhiao and his … land was taken then land should be given back). Tāwhiao and Ngāti Maniapoto leaders established an aukati along the …
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Part of story: Kīngitanga – the Māori King movement
… the main bathing pool was reserved for the people of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, but later it was enclosed by a fence, …
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Part of story: Thermal pools and spas
… of Maori language, and in the Native Land Court assisted Ngati Whiti (who adopted him as Pape Pātere) to establish …
Type: Biography
… (Taranga and Marotiri) islands. In the same area, the Ngātiwai tribe established themselves on Little Barrier … (Aotea) islands. When the renowned chief Te Rauparaha led Ngāti Toa and their allies south to a new home in the …
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Part of story: Nearshore islands